homophonic ❆ nahri

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nahri

You're not just a memory.

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[that's valid sometimes you have to ground a bird

she looks a little shamed by this. just a little.]

It doesn't stay away. [she says, finally, glancing at nahri. that is maybe a little more honest than the tone calls for.] Fate has a way of catching up to me.

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[ aw man. now she's getting a look of full sympathy. ]

I know the feeling.

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[sometimes fate is ass!!!

a pause.] You are different. [this is vague, but it's meant to be a compliment.]

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[ sure is!!! ]

Sometimes I wish I wasn't. [ IT'S STRESSFUL but she feels weird talking about herself so much so instead-- ]

I- I'm sorry, I didn't get your name?

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[oh. man, she never introduced herself, that's so rude. minus ten human points.]

I - um. [she actually stumbles over her speech a little, here, thrown off.] Shenhe. My apologies.

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I'm Nahri.

[ we're out of the feelings zone so her smile comes more naturally now. it's all good! ]

Wish we could have met in better circumstances.

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[shenhe doesn't do smiling very much if at all, but she does do a little bow of her head, her shoulders loose and eased.]

Your sentiments reflect my own. [it sucks to be dead, maybe, sort of, but at least the people aren't so bad so far.

a pause. it's a little awkward because shenhe by nature is a little awkward, but she tries:] Would you like to explore the limits of our surroundings with me, Nahri?

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What else are we supposed to do? Stand around testing fate? [ teasing. ]

I wouldn't mind taking a look around.

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[it takes her a second to realize that nahri is teasing her - she almost answers seriously, but catches it at the very last second.]

Well, alright then. Perhaps we visit the barrier I was told about and see if we can break it.

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Maybe we can just go through it?

[ has



has anyone tried this, she thinks. ]

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[a

pause]

... I feel as though someone must have tried that. [r. right??]

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I went to a place with a barrier before. It was hard to get in, but some could get out. Maybe that's the case here? We had to be brought here somehow.

[ she is really dedicated to this 'we're just kidnapped and not really dead' idea ]

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[shenhe has no real strong feelings on whether she's dead or not so she really is just okay with the kidnapper angle, she's like yeah! sure!]

Perhaps there are conditions for making it through the barrier.

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[ she nods. ] The other one was like that. Only certain people could pass through.

[ wait. ]

-- But they could also bring in people who couldn't leave on their own. So it could be the same kind of magic here?